But the reason I believe that is true, is because past experience shows me it has always been the case, so again I trust experience because it tells me that it should be trusted - and my problem is that I don't know if that's the only argument there is for trusting it and if it's good enough.We know from experience that nature is reliable, given the same conditions the outcome can be almost exactly the same (only at small scale of quantum effects the outcome can be unpredictable but the probabilities still hold well).
And if yes, is there any other way of saying this, other than "I have to trust past experience because past experience tells me that"? — znajd
I trust experience because it tells me that it should be trusted — znajd
That's good to hear.Circular reasoning works
And if yes, is there any other way of saying this, other than "I have to trust past experience because past experience tells me that"? — znajd
If the only reason to use past experience (memories/knowledge) for making decisions as to what to do, is because that experience shows me it worked most of the time — znajd
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